Heaven on Earth - November 10 - Fox Theater - 7:30 PM

Heaven on Earth is first and foremost a study of a female character who must cope with very difficult circumstances. The protagonist, a young Indian woman, is involved in an arranged marriage with an Indo-Canadian who, as it turns out, is highly abusive. Her situation is wretched, but she is largely powerless to improve it. New to Canada and at the mercy of her husband, she quite literally has nowhere to go - except into the recesses of her thriving imagination. As the film unfolds and her situation becomes more grim, the parallel world of her own construction starts taking over, her fantasy universe a far more viable place to inhabit than her real environment.

Director: Deepa Mehta
Run Time: 103 minutes
Country: Canada